Studio Furniture Redo

Good morning to all,
For quite some time I have wanted to redo my studio. The most overwhelming part for me was painting the furniture. My thrifty honey is the painter in our family. He comes from a long line of professional painters and well less just say, I am not up to standard in that department. If he sees me with a paint brush, it strikes fear in his sweet heart.

This past week while he was on vacation, he agreed to tackle the studio furniture. He really doesn't think furniture should be painted, even though I showed him a lot of pictures of the latest styles. I have had pictures from Pottery Barn's white office display in my "to do" folder for at least 5 or 6 years. When I told him the cost of new white office furniture, he immediately changed into his painting clothes. I have always wanted the bookcases and desk components painted white. I also thought the back of the bookcases would look good painted pink.

Since pink has been the accent color in my studio (aka. office/sewing room), he suggested  painting the front of the components pink to match the back of the bookcases. I thought this was a great idea. After about one hour and a half, he had them all finished. The paint power sprayer is a real whiz. That time even included a paint cleanup to change to the second color. I decided my bulletin board frame needed to match the rest of the redo. So after it was painted, I covered the cork part in some leftover curtain material.   

Here is the before picture:

 

     Here are some shots taken during the redo:

 

Now for the unveiling:

 

 

 

Well, I am happier than a pig in slop. This is my dream room made possible by my dream man. I am so grateful he was willing to take part of his vacation time to make this Thrifty Sissy very happy. This sure does look a lot more girlie! I read somewhere that every girl needs a room for herself regardless of her age. Total cost for this redo was $50.00 (for the paint), unless I have to count thrifty honey's hourly wage!

 

 

I hope this will encourage you to try your thrifty hand at furniture painting. You never know what kind of change a couple of gallons of paint can bring to old furniture. 

 

Thrifty Painting To All!